Activities

Swiss Re engages in dialogue with clients, investors and stakeholders on insurance-linked securities throught its array of publications and client events. Swiss Re sponsored ILS transactions have also been reported widely in the media.

 

The Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) sigma and the Focus report "Market Loss Index: Expanding Capital Market Capacity" are both available for download on the publications page.

The publication considers the fundamentals of cat bonds, including the structure, cash flows, types of triggers and a brief case study. It also explains how these securities facilitate a mutually beneficial risk transfer, enabling sponsors to access new sources of risk protection and investors to diversify their portfolios and boost their risk-adjusted returns.

 

 

 

 

  

Rüschlikon conference

Various conferences have been held at Swiss Re's Centre for Global Dialogue in Rüschlikon, Switzerland, to introduce European institutional investors to insurance-linked securities.
 
These events povided a detailed overview of the ILS sector, including how the bonds are structured, the types of underlying risks and how they are quantified. Speakers presented perspectives from issuers of the securities and the investors who purchase them.

For copies of publicly available ILS-related presentations, please link to our Investor Relations' presentations page. 


 

More information about Swiss Re ILS transactions is available here:

Swiss Re transactions have also won a number of industry awards, including the "Innovation of the Year" award from the Review and Reactions magazines. 

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